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Young_Gun
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 Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject: Anyone else use AHS's for heating? |
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Just stuck some more AHS's into vivs and I am really happy with them, heat the viv perfectly, guarded and have a built in thermostat aswell so next to no wires coming out the viv.
Anyone else use em?
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Snowy
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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Nope. Where did you get it, I have been looking for those types for a while and my shop doesn't stock them. I am not hot on internet shopping so wouldn't know where is good in the UK for them.
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Young_Gun
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Snowy wrote: | | Nope. Where did you get it, I have been looking for those types for a while and my shop doesn't stock them. I am not hot on internet shopping so wouldn't know where is good in the UK for them. |
Rickeeze has got them in 
Good prices aswell, drop him a PM and he should be able to sort you out.
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penfold
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject: ahs |
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i got these on the go they are fantastic really easy to fit as well we are changing are vivs over to them at work we stock them they offer brilliant after sales service 
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H.S.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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I have one, and fully intend on switching all snake vivs over to them when when I can. They are great.
However, I recently broke mine when transferring it from an old viv to a new one. Basically I pulled a wire off the probe by accident.
I called Microclimate who manufacture them and they will repair it free of charge, all I have to do is send £7.50 P&P so they can return it after the repair, that is good service if you ask me, considering it was my fault the unit broke.
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Young_Gun
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| H.S. wrote: | I have one, and fully intend on switching all snake vivs over to them when when I can. They are great.
However, I recently broke mine when transferring it from an old viv to a new one. Basically I pulled a wire off the probe by accident.
I called Microclimate who manufacture them and they will repair it free of charge, all I have to do is send £7.50 P&P so they can return it after the repair, that is good service if you ask me, considering it was my fault the unit broke. |
Heard that a few times, fixing it FOC without it being in the guarantee, really good customer service.
Gonna be grabbin some from Rick myself soon to switch all the 3ft+ vivs over onto 
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dazzlah
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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Because AHS heaters work with an on/off thermostat I found the metal surround becomes very hot, very quickly. for this reason I went back to using ceiling mounted ceramic bulbs (with bulb guards). I would consider them for larger boids, but I would still use a guard around the unit.
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Young_Gun
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| dazzlah wrote: | | Because AHS heaters work with an on/off thermostat I found the metal surround becomes very hot, very quickly. for this reason I went back to using ceiling mounted ceramic bulbs (with bulb guards). I would consider them for larger boids, but I would still use a guard around the unit. |
Its a pulse proportional thermostat, not an on/off, I haven't had a problem with them getting really hot and I am using up to the largest size.
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H.S.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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As Young Gun mentioned, it is a Pulse proportional stat that these units use. Also, the unit is fitted with a seperate cut out. Should the unit or casing get too hot, the unit will switch off.
I have not heard of any burns associated with this product.
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Snowy
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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The reason I am intersted in them is because I have heard they are extremely good with heat transferal and thus the casing does not get hot enough to cause any burns. If they did have that problem it would have been talked about by quite a few people. All reports I ahve read have been good on this point.
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